Smyrna times., 1887-08-03

she said with such an intensity of ,,tfor
ance tnat we stopped the laugh that rose
we might. -'-i "ia' Patlence
Yes, she went on. sTt belonoad 70
llS Aist Wlfe, she that was q Lincoln and
ne ne said they used to have it in their n9rior iI
ms ne told me when we were first mar.
IleI. ne gave it to his son, who lives
unuer the first cliff Oh the shore. Won
Know One day Mr.. Rankin come in
VIII q large flat parcel under his
sald he guessed we'd have that In the sit
ting room now. Then he hung nm the
Ihlng In place where you'd see IL and
AtOUnlnS elSe, II you were anywhere in the
10oIn' Zoo begged him not to have it there
1here was nothing in the world hated so
much. Did you ever see One9'
NO, we never had seen one ssIt,s n
CIli, Dlack, dead looking tree, with n bor- |
EiOIe picture Of the devil tramping abont
ono LOOVs with watering pot, from which
great streams of water are running The /
devil has clOven feet, horns. and n tail
with prong to it. He is grinnino ha-
cause the tree is so fiOurisbine, For frri+
there are great black balls. and in each
DaI Is printed the name of some sin. sucb
as lying, theft, lust, covetousness and
Other sins which need not mention Tbjs
picture was in a frame of wood DainteJ q |
nght 6iue with gilt sprigs on it. What do
YOU thihk, that man was bound to have !
H oHe picture hung there. He said the SIGHT
u ", u was wholesome for frivolous souls-
tOlu MN that if we had ever been fri,,o
lous, it had all been taken ont of nc iit,O Io~o,
ago lie said he guessed it had bette7 | :
nahg there. And l knew it was settled )
FOUND out afterward thar Johns IittIo :
~ ll-JOhn Is Mr.. Rankin's sOn-had had p
I I's JUST from looking at the Tree of I,
OeaCn. could believe that we'll enonoS =
-Or the child was a neryous faDcif,,i Z
'hlng' She was frightened almost ont 81 y
ier senses. She couldn't keep away from :,
ne picture either, and used to steal into
ne u room where it was and stand and IooIr
;! II. FlnaIly her mother found IT, ont
ny Snre" nerselt into her mothers arms =,
ne uay and said that the devil was NO ~
erlng the sins in her heart and soo, +l,'I, u
Iould be as big as those bIocl( boII:y ra
men she had kind of convulsion. That eE
lcIure came down double 0uick T,be u
OcUOr SAID that child would be crazy ~ II
Ie were leIC TO have such notions PO
~ you thlnk was gOin' ter hev that 70
arsted thing there for me ter stare ats D.
o. that was the last straw. told Mr. &c
ahEln 1t was the last straw. I want n IN
IN 70 keep house for him no more. He IN III
ieG 70 argue the point. l told him he Hls e
,snS s save MS breath. The house han ~. ~.
leG 10 be mine. 1 told him he might csll tt
nc ms traps and go. He had jest about ". o-,'
SuSH y interest money to git his victuals Oi, ,,
Il cIOthes II he lived by himself lest I an'
ep yer int t'rest, says l. 'You iest ron, Yal
Ut own boat and I'll row mine jan
esS There want no love lost atween us HeI
LOOK his things, or ruther his fust oOu @
Le thlngs, n went an bought an old S'uu
lOOIh0use that the town ain,t had ne
use IOr TINS dozen years. He maid S50 - ttlI
IT, He's lived there ever sence. he .Ae
en- years next spring l do Soma IA ~
Shlh' and some slop work, and nicI~ INA INA
le huuckIeberries. git long. / ain't 9ei 9eei
no Tree OF Death in my bOuse nor no, uesl
y Cnat wears slippers that click on the IL TIIy
IOch' 90 Mp. Rankin's washing and i!oDl ntOY
!dlhg, ~ out don't charge him nothin' 'io''
1t. l send the clothes back bv the
el every IOrtnlt, and the grocery man
lSS en- don't see Mr.. Rankin from A
rs end to years end, and don,t want NOR
MS son and l are on good terms cab
IS good fellow. l like him anJ minC
lrally there's great sympathy betwaan sicia
FAMILY and me on the subject of t6ot soph
ure; Johns wife has been so far nc dOct'
y InaU she didn't blame no woman for suit
I'Ih with no man who wanted tn nnt undU
Tree OF Death under her nose all tbe there
Dorc
Il course I'm lonesome once in down
:; I; l often think, if my son had lived lamp
lld nave been different" the 81
s. Rankin became silent. Her dooD he W
yes seemed to look more sunllen thar beside
She reused herself '''' cut in
n, yes, she said, II git LONG -, a shO,
York Tribune. e' called
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